Heritage Auctions – by Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Feb 28, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Columns

During the upside-down world that happened during the COVID pandemic of the last couple of years, the collecting world of video games has evolved tremendously. Several companies have grading services where they evaluate the complete in-box and often sealed video games...

The Flip Side by Roger C. Sharpe

by Old School Gamer | Feb 3, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld

It was May 30, 1871, when Montague Redgrave of Cincinnati, Ohio was issued patent US115357A for his “Improvements in Bagatelles”. His invention was a smaller table top version of what had been a very popular French parlor game in the 1700s. In addition, Redgrave made...

Pinball Machine out of Legos

by Todd Friedman | Oct 19, 2022 | 2010s, Columns, Pinball

Each year at the Pinball Expo in Wheeling, IL, there is a unique item that draws attention from huge crowds.  The Pinball Expo in 2019 had one of those attention grabbers. 16-year-old high school student Luke Horwath brought a full scaled pinball machine. Why is that...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jaden Berk

by Todd Friedman | Oct 15, 2022 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jaden Berk, who is displayed on card number 1324, from the   Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Jaden has been around pinball in some sort of fashion his whole life. His father, Robert Berk, would create and start a pinball expo...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Todd Tuckey

by Todd Friedman | Oct 7, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Todd Tuckey who currently is displayed on card number 1712, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Todd is also on card # 4117. Todd is the owner of TNT Amusements, Inc. located in Southampton, PA. Todd started TNT in 1979,...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Chase the Chuckwagon?

by Derek Slaton | Jul 19, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Spectravision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade – Maze Alternate Title: N/A Model #: N/A Rarity: 8 Programmer: Mike Schwartz This is quite possibly the first (and only) example of a video game being based on a television...